Most people tend to agree that technology has brought
positive changes to our world but with its own side effects – tech addiction
being one of those side effects. I used to be so addicted to Facebook that I
had to set up two different passwords to open the app on my cell phone. The
addiction deterred me from having real conversations with my friends and people
close to me. It certainly crippled my communication and social skills.
Fortunately for me, it did not lead to depression – a result numerous studies
have found to come from our addiction to social media – but I did become lonely
overtime.
The author describes the situation correctly
when she says, “the problem lies not with our desire to connect, but with our
form of connection.” Getting rid of technology from our lives certainly would
not be a viable option and technology has brought numerous benefits to humanity
in science, health and many sectors. Personally, I am still receiving most information
about current affairs in domestic and international politics, new technologies and
other topics of interest from my Facebook app. Only this time, I have learnt to
control how I use the social media. If we as humans want to advance
successfully, we must be in full control of the resources available at our
hands and not the other way around.
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